Barrel-washer.



PATEN'IED FEBH1O, 1903. S. G. 0. BERG.

' BARREL WASHER.

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SEGVART O. O. BERG, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BARREL-WASHER.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,315, dated February10, 1903.

Application filed July 22, 1902. Serial No. 116,518. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEGVART O. O. BERG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Barrel-Washer, of which the following isa specification.

My invention is directed to the production of a barrel-rinser, withspecial reference to a construction by which all the operating parts areinclosed, to a novel structure provided for such closure and to theassembling of the parts of the. structure in a way to render the devicedurable, to provision by which the valve may beconveniently renewed, andto a novel arrangement of its actuating parts; and my improvementconsists of parts and combinations of parts, which will be set out inthe claims appended hereto.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectionof the barrelrinser device on the line R R of Fig. 3, showing the valvein its open position; Fig. 2 represents a sectional elevation of abarrelrinser, portions of the structure being seen broken away to exposethe valve-operating parts. Fig. 3 is a top view of the device, therevoluble barrel-supporting saddle being removed to expose the slot andpin by which the rotary movement of the saddle is limited. Fig. 4 showsthe valve and its operating guidestem. Fig. 5 is a perspective of theeccentric which engages and operates the valve, and Fig. 6 shows thebifurcated rock-crank by which the eccentric valve-stem is actuated bythe connection with the revoluble barrelsupporting saddle.

The rinser is of the type in which the rinsing is by internal flushingthrough a nozzle inserted through the bung-hole of the barrel and inwhich the barrel is supported by a saddle supported by and rotatable ona standard of the device and by which the valve is operated byintermediate connections, and it is this structure which I have improvedin the particulars which I will now describe. In this structure which isgenerally in use the part most liable to be destroyed is the nozzle bybeing knocked loose or broken or from the rusting of its screwconnection with the supply-pipe, and to prevent these objections is oneof the objects of my improvements.

Looking at Figs. 1 and 2 is seen the frame 1, which supports theoperating parts of the device, and itconsists of supporting-legs and achamber-forming casting preferably integral with and rising centrallyfrom the legs and open at its upper end. The bottom of the chamber orbox is turned with a circular recess, within which is fitted apacking-ring 16, which forms a seat. Concentric with the recess thebottom has an internally-screwthreaded opening, into which nipple 10 isscrewed and to which a T- coupling 12 is screwed, to receive the pipewhich supplies the flushing-Water for the barrel. Surmounting thebox-chamber is a casting, which forms the top or cap 2 of the frame-boxpart and incloses the chamber. Depending from this casting 2 into thechamber is an internal casting or leg part, hollow and formed at itslower end with a flanged head part adapted to fit within the recess inthe bottom of the boxchamber and to be firmly seated therein upon thepacking 16. Rising from the cap which forms the cover for thebox-chamber is a cylindrical standard-bearing which has an annularcentral bore corresponding with and forming a prolongation of the hollowof the leg-casting which depends within the chamber. Into the upper openend of this bore the nozzle 14 is driven so as to be firmly boundtherein, and being made of steel it can neither be loosened nor brokenby the hard and rough usage to which it is subjected in placing andremoving the barrel. Moreover, there is no chance for its rusting andbecoming rotten at its driven end. Upon the cap 2 and itsstandard-bearingthe saddle 3 is mounted and is for this purpose formedwith a hub or pending leg part which forms the valve-seat and carriesthe valve and that a bore extends through the standard-bearing, the cap,and the leg, and this construction is a feature of my improvement.

The valve 9 is preferably of rubber and is secured upon the end of astem 4: by means of a lock-nut 11 and a washer 23. The valvestem 4stands within the leg-casting that forms the valve-seat and hasguide-webs fitting the inner walls of said leg-casting, while the upperend of the valve-stem is guided within a bridge-bar crossing the hollowof said leg-casting. In the side wall of thelegcasting is fitted ahorizontal shaft 5, which has an eccentric at one end adapted to fitinto a recess S in the valve-stem. A bushingo, which forms astuffing-box for the shaft 5 of the eccentric, is screwed into the wallof the hollowleg againsta shoulder which forms a tight joint against thewall of the leg and limits the projection of the end of the bushingwithin the hollow of the leg. A stuffingbox nut 7 is screwed on theouter end of the shouldered bushing and completes the packing around theshaft of the eccentric. On the outer end of this shaft a crank part 8 isbound by a screw 13 and is formed with a fork or bifurcationspp, thefunction of which is to cause the rocking of the shaft 5 in its bushingand stuffing-box to cause the eccentric on this shaft to actuate thevalve by pulling the valve-stem up and forcing it down to control theflow of the flushing-water up through the valve-seat-forming leg and outthrough the nozzle into the barrel, it being understood that theflushing-water is constantly under pressure from its supply. A pin 15,driven into the hub or base of the saddle, stands down through a slot A,formed in the box or chamber-cap, and engages the bifurcations p 1) ofthe part8 to rock the eccentric-carrying shaft to open and close thevalve, and this rocking of the shaft, it will be understood, is causedby the revoluble movement of the saddle with the barrel thereon, suchmovement being aquarter-circle and which is made when the barrel isseated 011 the saddle-that is to say, such movement of the saddle in onedirection rocks the shaft to depress the valvestem and open the valve,and the movement in the opposite direction acts to close the valve.

Referring to Fig. 3, it is important to note that the slot A, throughwhich the saddle-pin 15 passes, serves also by its ends to limit themovement of the pin, and thereby form stops to limit the revolublemovement of the saddle, and hence the extent of the movement of thevalve. In this operation of the valve it is important to provide for itsadjustment to compensate for any wear and imperfect seating, and thisadjustment is effected by adjusting the bifurcated part 8 on theeccentriccarrying shaft 5 by means of the screw 13. This adjustment isseen in Fig. 2, in which the saddle-pin is seen in engagement with theforks, so the turning of the fork-bearing part 8 on theeccentric-carrying shaft will cause the eccentric to make a tightseating of the valve. The form of the valve provides two seating-faces,and the way it is mounted on its stem allows it to be reversed shouldone of its seating-faces become worn and allow leakage of the water bypressure through the nozzle. 13 y the setting of the eccentric,therefore, either end of the valve may be used.

Looking at Fig. 1 it is seen that the cap which closes the chamber fitsby a circular shoulder within and against the walls of the chamber andthat the cap is fastened down by the screw-bolts 17 and by which thelegcasting is driven and firmly held down on the bottom of the chamber,so that this leg closes the bottom opening in the chamber with a packedjoint and forms the seat for the valve.

An important advantage of forming the segmental slot in the cap is thatthe thrust of the saddle-pin in swinging the saddle with the barrelthereon to open and to close the valve is borne wholly by thecap-casting, which relieves the valve connections of all strain, and theforming of the leg integral with the cap allows the valve-stem to besuspended within the leg and its operating connections to be mounted inone side of the leg in operative relation to the valve-stem, ready to beinserted in place in the chamber, and that the fastening of thecap-casting upon the chamber-forming casting fastens at the same timethe valve-seat-forming leg in firm position. Preferably the leg has theform of a rectangle to allow for the disposition of the valve connectingand operating parts within the chamber. As the flushing-nozzle is thepart subjected to the roughest work in a barrel-rinsing device, I havemade special provision for giving the nozzle a durable fastening-supportto a considerable depth in the standard and terminating the reaming inan annular shoulder and driving the steel nozzle hard into the boreagainst its shoulder.

I claim 1. A barrelrinsing device comprising a casting havingachamberopeu at both ends, a separate casting having a cap closing thetop of the chamber, a standard-bearing integral with the cap, and havingthe flushing-nozzle, a leg depending from the cap into the chamber andterminating in a seat adapted to close the opening in the bottom of thechamber, a casting having a bore extending from the flushing-nozzlethrough the standard-bearin g to the leg-seating ends, a valve havingits stem within the leg, a rock-shaft mounted in the side wall of theleg having an eccentric adapted to engage and suspend the valvestem, arevoluble supporting-saddle for the barrel and means for connecting thesaddle with the rock-shaft for opening and closing the valve.

2. In a barrel-rinsing device, a valve-carry- I ing casting having onone side a standardbearing, a flushing-nozzle driven therein, the otherside of said casting having a leg terminating in a seat and a boreextending from the flushing-nozzle through the leg and opening at itsseat-forming end, a valve having its stem within the log, a rock-shaftmounted horizontallyin one side of the leg and provided at one end withan eccentric engaging the valve-stem and with a bifurcated crank part onits other end, the said parts constituting an entity for use with abarrel-support and a water-supply.

3. In a barrel-rinsing device and in combination with a chamberedcasting open at both ends, a cap-casting closing one end of the chamberand having a standard-bearing, a flushing-nozzle driven therein, a legdepending from the cap and terminating in a seat adapted to close thebottom Opening of said.

chamber, and casting having a bore extending from the flushing-nozzlethrough the leg and opening at its seat-forming end, a valve having itsstem within the leg, a rock-shaft mounted horizontally in one side ofthe leg and provided at one end with an eccentric engaging thevalve-stem and with a bifurcated part on its other end, a revolublesaddle having a base-hub mounted on the standard-bearing a segmentalslot in the cap-casting, and a pin depending from said hub passingthrough said slot and engaging the bifurcated part, all thevalve-operating parts being thereby inclosed within said chamberedcasting. r

4. In a barreLrinsing device, and in combination withaflushing-nozzle, asupport therefor, and a leg depending from said support and terminatingin a seat-forming end, a casting having a bore extending from theflushing-nozzle to said seat, a valve having its stem Within the leg, arock-shaftmounted in one side of the leg, and provided with an eccentricengaging the valve-stem, a bifurcated part on the other end of therock-shaft, a revoluble saddle-support and means connecting it with thebifurcated part, and a chamber inclosing the valve-operatingconnections.

5. In a barrel-rinsing device, a revolnble saddle-support for the barrelhaving a seating-hub provided with a depending pin, a

seating-support for said hub, having the flushing-nozzle and also havinga segmental slot through which said pin depends, said slot forming aquarter-circle and a stop to limit the movements of the pin, incombination with a valve, means for opening and for clos- 5o ing itactuated by saidpin, and a chambercasting supporting the slotted castingand inclosing all the valve-operating connections.

6. In a barrel-rinsing device, a valve-carrying casting having on oneside a standardhearing, a flushing-nozzle driven therein, the other sideof said casting having a leg terminating in a seat and a bore extendingfrom the flushing-nozzle through the leg, a doubleended valve having itsstem Within the leg,

a rock-shaft mounted horizontally in one side of the leg and provided atone end with an eccentric engaging the valve-stem and with a bifurcatedcrank part on its other end, a revoluble saddle having a base-hubmounted on the standard-bearing, a segmental slot in thestandard-casting, a pin depending from said hub passing through saidslot and engaging the bifurcated part and means for adjusting theeccentric-shaft to adjust the dou- 1o

